Sandra Thibodeau

Sandra Thibodeau serves as a procurement specialist within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), supporting critical acquisitions that advance the agency’s mission of environmental monitoring, coastal resilience, and oceanographic research. She manages a high-volume portfolio of service and equipment contracts, primarily focused on maintenance, repair, and specialized instrumentation procurement. Her work directly enables NOAA’s operational capabilities by ensuring timely access to mission-critical support services and technical infrastructure, aligning procurement actions with federal compliance standards and strategic agency priorities. Thibodeau maintains consistent partnerships with a select group of contractors, including WISCONSIN EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD, TRONCONI SEGARRA & ASSOCIATES LLP, JNB SERVICES LLC, PURE ENVIRO-MANAGEMENT, LLC, and THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO. These relationships reflect a preference for firms with expertise in environmental compliance, facility maintenance, and technical service delivery. Her contracting patterns emphasize long-term vendor reliability, performance-based outcomes, and technical alignment with NOAA’s operational needs, fostering collaborative, results-driven partnerships. She demonstrates a strong and consistent commitment to small business participation, with 100% of her acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to maximize economic opportunity for small businesses, particularly those certified under socioeconomic programs such as 8(a), HUBZone, and WOSB, ensuring equitable access to federal contracting opportunities while strengthening the ecosystem of qualified service providers. Her procurement focus is heavily concentrated in NAICS 811121 (Automotive Body, Paint, and Interior Repair and Maintenance), indicating significant demand for vehicle and facility maintenance services supporting NOAA’s field operations, and NAICS 333310 (Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing), underscoring her expertise in acquiring specialized equipment for environmental data collection and monitoring systems. Her technical domain expertise lies in procuring maintenance, repair, and instrumentation services essential to sustaining NOAA’s coastal, marine, and atmospheric observation networks.